National Library Week is coming to a close and hopefully you’ve enjoyed our visits to Waikiki-Kapahulu, Pearl City, Hawaii Kai, Wahiawa and Kalihi-Palama as much as we have. If you missed them, go check them out! This is our last library write up for a little while (don’t worry we’ll continue our library tour [...]
One of the books recommended to us by Manoa Library Branch Manager Christel Collins, as part of our Library Tour Challenge, is the latest historic composition of Gavan Daws. Wayfinding Through the Storm (Watermark, 2009) is one of the most unique books I’ve ever read. With the subtitle “Speaking Truth to Power at Kamehameha Schools [...]
First off, I hope everybody is enjoying the holiday season! It’s been very fun, but very busy for both Misty and I. You may have noticed we’ve been on a slight hiatus the last two weeks and one of the casualties of the rigors of holiday is our Library Tour.
We started our Hawaii Public Library [...]
Libraries are often very busy on Saturdays and not all branches have the luxury of being open on a weekend, so we try to visit most locations during the week. One of the challenges we have in our Library Tour is traveling by car from the Honolulu Airport area (where we both work full-time) to each of [...]
Coming into this Library Tour Challenge we knew it wouldn’t be easy to accomplish, that there would be some bumps along the way, and that with Hawai’i’s libraries struggling we’d have to be flexible. We knew not all locations would be easy to visit, and that people might not have time to talk to us. [...]
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A few Wednesdays ago, Misty, Alex, and I made the trek over the Pali to visit the Waimānalo Public and School Library. The library is located at 41-1320 Kalaniana‘ole Highway. Stately banyan trees shelter the entrance and parking lot, and there’s a spectacular view of the Ko‘olau Mountains.
The Building
One of the first things [...]
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Kailua Public Library is the next stop on Hawaii Book Blog’s Hawaii Public Library Challenge Tour. We drove up to the Windward side on a beautiful Saturday morning, hoping to catch some breakfast and run a few errands while we were there. Unfortunately our first stop, the much lauded Boots & Kimo’s restaurant, was jam-packed on the inside while [...]
As a part of our Hawaii Public Library Challenge Tour, we ask each librarian for one book recommendation for us to read and review. For Diane Masaki from Aiea Library, we talked about a number of books, but she told us her favorite book to read was The Musubi Man because she “can work the [...]
“Are we there yet?”… “no”…”are we there now?”…”no”…”we’ve gotta be close!”…”nope”.
That’s pretty much how the conversation went as we drove from town to Kahuku Public library last Tuesday night after work. Alex was driving per usual, and I was a bit anxious to get there because the library had a special guest, local author Alice [...]
I thought it would be nice to highlight a different medium of literature here at Hawaii Book Blog. Comic books and graphic novels have slowly gained respect over the years in literary circles and mainstream media. The format has blossomed over the last few decades, engaging readers with creative and innovative storytelling techniques.
Knowing that I enjoy a good comic [...]
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